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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

But in the world of new "sharing economy" models that generate efficiency gains, theirs is just the tip of the iceberg. Under the hood, the business model is fundamentally not very different from that of a traditional rental car company. Sadly, the Zipcar culture may not survive the merger.

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A Brief History of Blockchain

Harvard Business Review

The market cap of bitcoin now hovers between $10–$20 billion dollars, and is used by millions of people for payments, including a large and growing remittances market. The ethereum smart contract platform now has a market cap of around a billion dollars , with hundreds of projects headed toward the market.

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Operating efficiency (sales over assets). This simple formula provides rich insight into a company's business model, and can quickly diagnose a company's strengths or opportunity areas. Financial leverage (assets over equity).

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

Harvard Business Review

The fact that they are joined at the hip in so many people's minds means that marketing agencies are thriving — but that the rest of our organizations are not. It allowed for greater efficiency to do the same things that were done in the industrial era. They see it as the purview of two functions: marketing and service.

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Operating efficiency (sales over assets). This simple formula provides rich insight into a company's business model, and can quickly diagnose a company's strengths or opportunity areas. Financial leverage (assets over equity).